Laila bint Lukaiz

Laila bint Lukaiz or Layla bint Lukayz (Arabic: لَيْلَى بنت لُكَيْز‎ died 483), otherwise known as "Layla the Chaste" (Arabic: ليلى العفيفة), was a legendary Arabian woman poet.[1][2] She wrote a romantic epic of the knight in shining armor rescues damsel-in-distress motif.[3] Her most famous poem, If Only al-Barraq Could See (Arabic: ليت للبراق عيناً), was set to music by Mohamed El Qasabgi and popularized by the singer Asmahan.[4]

Anthologies
  • Moris Farhi (ed) Classical Poems by Arab Women translated Abdullah al-Udhari, Saqi Books, 1999. ISBN 086356-096-2[5]
  • Handal, Nathalie (2001). The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology. Interlink Books. ISBN 9781566563741. Laila bint Lukaiz.
  • Udhari, Abdullah; al-Udhari, Abdullah (1999). Classical Poems by Arab Women. Saqi Books. ISBN 9780863560477.

References
  1. Classical Poems by Arab Women: A Bilingual Anthology, ed. and trans. by Abdullah al-Udhari (London: Saqi Books, 1999), pp. 26–27.
  2. Heath, Jennifer (1 November 2003). Scimitar the Veil. Hidden Spring. ISBN 9781587680212.
  3. Marlé Hammond (2013). Kennedy, Hugh (ed.). Warfare and Poetry in the Middle East. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 215–240. ISBN 9781780763620.
  4. Kamil, Mahmud (1971). Muhammad al-Qasabgi: Hayatuh wa-A'maluh. Cairo. pp. 52–53.
  5. ltd, codegent. "Poetry Magazines – Classical Poems by Arab Women". poetrymagazines.org.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2017.


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